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The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals.One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or as a group, have been associated with more than 500 recordings, including 75 gold and platinum hits.
Respect is a 2021 American biographical musical drama film directed by Liesl Tommy (in her feature directorial debut), written by Tracey Scott Wilson and Callie Khouri, based on the life of American singer Aretha Franklin.
Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke all became friends of C. L. Franklin, as well. [24] [25] Ward was romantically involved with Aretha's father from around 1949 until Ward's death in 1973, though Aretha "preferred to view them strictly as friends". [26] Ward also served as a role model to the young Aretha. [27] [28]
They provided musical backing and arrangements for many recordings, including major hits by Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and the Staple Singers; a wide range of artists in popular music also recorded hit songs and complete albums at the studio. They had first worked together in 1967 and initially played sessions in New York and Nashville ...
"(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" has also been recorded by Bonnie Bramlett, Ellen Foley, Maria McKee, and - as "How Glad I Am" - by Fontella Bass, Aretha Franklin, the Greyboy Allstars, Brenda Lee, Olivia Newton-John, Sandie Shaw [6] and Chrissie Hynde with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble - "Valve Bone Woe" (2019) .
Hawkins's drumming can be heard on dozens of hit singles, including tracks by Percy Sledge ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), Aretha Franklin ("Respect", "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" etc.), Wilson Pickett ("Mustang Sally", "Land of 1000 Dances"), The Staple Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Womack, Clarence Carter, [4] [5] Etta James, Duane Allman, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Bob Seger ...
The version to achieve the most success came in 1974, when Aretha Franklin released it as a single. Her version hit number 1 on Billboard's R&B chart for two weeks and also peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Wilson Pickett's version is most recently used as the back-track for Nature of the Beast's "When It's Good".
A Rose Is Still a Rose is the thirty-fourth studio album by American recording artist Aretha Franklin.It was released on March 24, 1998, by Arista Records.Conceived after a longer hiatus and a complete departure from her previous studio album What You See Is What You Sweat (1991), the album includes influences of 1990s hip hop as well as modern-day contemporary R&B and soul music.